Winter on Wolfe Island

January 25, 2017July 26, 2017 Anders Morley

In most places, city dwellers who want to enjoy a little time in the country are faced with the unappetizing prospect of climbing into a car and driving through a congested belt of suburbs to get there, intensifying the stress they had probably hoped to diffuse by leaving the city.

Best of 2016: Rustic Spud

December 26, 2016December 26, 2016 Anders Morley

2016 has been a busy year in downtown Kingston for business openings and closures along the main drag. We were very sad to see mainstays like The Sleepless Goat close their doors but were equally thrilled to welcome new establishments such as Barcadia. Our downtown side streets saw some action

Cacao 70

December 13, 2016December 13, 2016 Anders Morley

Where Chocolate Flows and Brunch is Bounteous There are people out there who don’t care for chocolate. I know this not from hearsay but because I once ranked among them. Only about seven short years ago, well into my adult life, did I begin to exhibit anything more than a

Art in Autumn: What’s Happening at the Agnes this Season?

October 25, 2016July 26, 2017 Anders Morley

Temperatures are finally falling, and for me that often means down-time is spent at home with a good book and a warm drink. But no matter how stimulating the reading material, one eventually tires of being housebound. Fall may in fact be the best time of year for visiting museums

Juniper Cafe

August 23, 2016July 26, 2017 Anders Morley

One dog-day afternoon I decided it was time I headed up to Juniper Café, which opened just a few months ago, for a light dinner. The sky was clear and the air buzzed loudly with cicadas when I turned my bicycle off of King Street and dipped down toward the

K&P Trail Set to Reach Downtown by Next Summer

July 26, 2016July 27, 2016 Anders Morley

The K&P Railway, whose century-long death throes issued their final spasm in 1986, was sometimes disparagingly called the “kick and push railway.” As it turns out, the jab was a prescient one: the railroad would one day find new life as a recreational trail for, among others, cross-country skiers,

For Here: In Defence of Eating Out

July 15, 2016July 26, 2017 Anders Morley

I walked into a certain Princess Street café one day last spring and ordered a cup of coffee and a pastry, stating that I wished to enjoy my purchase on the premises. A minute later I was handed a disposable cup filled with an invisible hot liquid and a paper

Rustic Spud

May 24, 2016May 25, 2016 Anders Morley

I am greeted heartily when I walk through the door of the Rustic Spud, Kingston’s newest neighbourhood restaurant on the verge of downtown and Sydenham Ward, and asked if I prefer a seat in a booth or at the bar. Dining alone, I opt for the bar. Scott Lattimore, father

Opening Soon: The Rustic Spud

April 26, 2016May 25, 2016 Anders Morley

Potatoes are the chameleons of the food world. Puree them into an elegant accompaniment for a fancy roast dinner. Scallop them to fill out a workaday supper. Deep fry them to indulge a Saturday late-night craving. Then bake one whole as penance on Sunday. Such shapeshifting is central to the